Today's featured Audioblog - LA to Jacksonville - Is this cool or what?? Preliminary research indicates this may be the first cycleblogger on the Internet. In my opinion, one of the most interesting examples of "multimedia moblogging" I seen.
 LA2JAX -> 3.7.2003 -> The story of a 9-year-old boy and his dad as they cross the USA by bicycle.
A beautiful day, a great ride 
 Will's audio message
3/4/2003
Sunny California?
Will's audio message
 We got a late start on Tuesday after drying out from the overnight rain. The preferred bicycle route to the south goes right through Camp Pendleton, a United States Marine Corps base right on the ocean. The base has been closed to visitors since 9/11, and the only other route is on Interstate 5 ("the five"), the major road between Los Angeles and San Diego. Because of the circumstances, bicycles are permitted on the interstate to get around Camp Pendleton. We entered I-5 a little farther north than permitted, and were stopped by the California Highway Patrol after a high-speed (albeit short) chase in the weigh station. Two patrolmen and a sarge decided to help us get through the fence, down a steep hill, across the tracks used by Amtrak, down another steep hill to a state park road to use for about 5 miles until we got closer to the Marine base. It rained off and on all day as we climbed many short, but very steep, hills.
Insignificant stat of the day: 24 total "slug bugs" - Will 14 - Dave 10 - Will leads the series, 1 day to none.
3/3/2003
It's official!
 Will's audio message
We had a nice day today setting up the bike and visiting with our good friends, Lois and Ken Kertz. Lois worked as a nurse with Lynn at Bryn Mawr (Pa.) Hospital Emergency Room in the early '80s. Tomorrow's cities: San Clemente, Oceanside, San Luis Rey, Pala. Lots of steep hills are expected between Oceanside and Pala; wish us luck!
Our Mission
We will dip our rear tire in the Pacific Ocean, head south out of the LA area along the coast before turning east to ride through deserts 200' below sea level. We will climb to over 8,000' to cross the Rockies, and spend 18 days or so crossing Texas. We will travel through the bayou and pass through downtown New Orleans. We will pass through or near 4 state capitals before dipping our front tire in the Atlantic Ocean near Jacksonville.
Q. What types of electronics will be onboard?
A. We plan to carry a “sub-notebook” computer, two digital cameras, a digital voice recorder, a cell phone or two, a Sony CLIE PDA, a Gameboy, and a radar detector to avoid speeding tickets (we might end up skipping the radar detector to save weight). So far, Mom is withholding permission for a GPS receiver with mapping. Stay tuned. Santa brought us a Garmin GPS V! It has mapping for every street in North America, and almost all campgrounds, hotels, restaurants, and other points of interest. It will drastically simplify our navigation, and make finding accommodations a snap!
Message I left in their Guestbook:
Just wanted to drop you guys a line to tell you your weblog is "Today's featured Audioblog" at http://radio.weblogs.com/0100368/. What kind of Internet access if any do you have? Would you be interested in an audioblogging interview from the road? Send me an email if your interested. Good luck!!
from Harold Gilchrist
Jackson, New Jeresy 7:00 am - Tuesday,March 11, 2003
Find this and other interesting Audioblogging posts in my new collection of "Cool Audblogging Posts" over at www.ablogs.com
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